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August 15, 2024

Taliban Mark 3 Years Since Return to Power in Kabul, Amid Ongoing Humanitarian, Human Rights Crisis
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In Afghanistan, Taliban rulers held a military parade in Kabul, marching
through Bagram, the former U.S. airbase, to mark three years since their
return to power. The U.N. has warned of a worsening humanitarian
disaster in Afghanistan and a "gender apartheid," where women and girls
have largely disappeared from public life. Meanwhile, Afghans are
calling on the U.S. and Europe to release billions of dollars of frozen
Afghan assets.

Naseebullah Zahid: "These billions of dollars that are frozen are not
related to the Emirate government but belong to the entire Afghan
nation. The Western powers ruled over us for 20 years, did bomb blasts
and killed Afghans. They did not hesitate. And now they want to destroy
us through poverty."



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